| Waking up, first you | |
| realise where you are, then -- | |
| how you are doing. | |
| Wakker worden, eerst | Aufwachen, zuerst |
| beseffen waar je bent, dan -- | erkennen wo man ist, dann -- |
| hoe het met je gaat. | wie es einem geht. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-02
With a photo of Dory (April 19th, 2015, Vaison-la-Romaine)
Collection: web tissue
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK, Dory dK
| Waking up, lightly | |
| balancing between repose -- | |
| and my brand new day. | |
| Wakker worden, licht | Aufwachen, leichtes |
| balanceren tussen rust -- | Balancieren zwischen Ruh -- |
| en mijn nieuwe dag. | und dem neuen Tag. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-08
Fragile Balance (Jürg Frey) - 2014
Composition for ensemble and piano, performed on four saxophones by the Amstel Quartet in the Organpark on March 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Frey, Juerg
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| Half awake I am | |
| floating in my consciousness -- | |
| and in my body. | |
| Half wakker drijf ik | Halb wach treibe ich |
| uit in mijn bewustzijn, drijf -- | in meinem Bewusstsein und -- |
| ik in mijn lichaam. | in meinem Körper. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-08
Fragile Balance (Jürg Frey) - 2014
Composition for ensemble and piano, performed on four saxophones by the Amstel Quartet in the Organpark on March 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Frey, Juerg
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| Will it just be day, | |
| do we turn towards the light -- | |
| and are we awake? | |
| Wordt het gewoon dag, | Wird es einfach Tag, |
| draaien we naar het licht toe -- | wenden wir uns dem Licht zu -- |
| en zijn we wakker? | und sind wir schon wach? |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-19
From the seven days (Karlheinz Stockhausen) - 1968
Improvisation-composition "Aus den sieben Tagen" - 15 Textkompositionen für Intuitive Musik (15 text compositions for Intuitive Music), for ensemble; selection of 160 minutes, performed by Robin Rimbaud (electronics), Jakob Lekkerkerker (organ) and Gareth Davis (bass clarinet), Roland Dahinden (trombone), Dario Calderone (double bass), Pau Sola Masafrets (cello), Joao Brito (percussion), and Marketa Scaffartzek (voice) on January 19th, 2025 in the Organpark
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
| People are matter | |
| that works together and learns -- | |
| what it shows to be. | |
| Wij zijn materie | Wir sind Materie, |
| die samenwerkt en beseft -- | die zusammenarbeitet -- |
| wat ze blijkbaar is. | und lernt was sie ist. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-17
Synenergism
Collection: Metamorphic body
| My teacher hits me: | |
| remember, blows, time and time -- | |
| poor people get hit. | |
| Mijn leraar slaat me: | Mein Lehrer schlägt mich: |
| onthoud, keer op keer een klap -- | vergiss nie, immer wieder -- |
| wanneer je arm bent! | schlägt man die Armen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-15
Victory City (Salman Rushdie) - 2023
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga, based on Fatehpur Sikri ('Victory City', near Agra), the capital of Emperor Abdul-Fath Jalaluddin 'Akbar' (= 'the Great' >> 'Akbar the Great')], part 3 Glory, chapter 14
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| I wake up. But hey! | |
| Where did I sleep? Where am I? -- | |
| And today is when? | |
| Ik word wakker. Hee! | Ich wache auf. Hei! |
| Waar sliep ik? Waar ben ik nu? -- | Wo habe ich geschlafen? -- |
| En wanneer is dat? | Wo bin ich? Und wann? |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-23
Quichotte (Salman Rushdie) - 2019
Novel, part 2, chapter 9
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| I wake up, well, where | |
| am I? Is this an ocean -- | |
| of sleeping silence? | |
| Ik word wakker, waar | Ich wache auf, wo |
| ben ik? In een oceaan -- | denn? In einem Ozean -- |
| van slapend zwijgen? | schlafendes Schweigens? |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-03
Occam ocean (Éliane Radigue) - 2015
Personal transmission-composition for orchestra, performed in the Organpark on February 3rd, 2024, by ensemble ONCEIM (L'Orchestre de Nouvelles Créations, Expérimentations, et Improvisations Musicales) and others - @cello
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Radigue, Éliane
| Out of my nightmare, | |
| I wake up in the anxious -- | |
| dream that is the world. | |
| Uit mijn nachtmerrie | Aus meinem Albtraum |
| ontwaak ik in de angstdroom -- | erwache ich im Angsttraum -- |
| die de wereld is. | der meine Welt ist. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-28
Lighthousekeeping (Jeanette Winterson) - 2004
Novel, chapter Tenant of the sun
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| So what are the facts? | |
| Just unforgettable, are -- | |
| my reconstructions. | |
| Wat zijn de feiten? | Was sind die Fakten? |
| Juist onvergetelijk, zijn -- | Unvergesslich, sind meine -- |
| mijn reconstructies. | Rekonstruktionen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-04-27
I'm not there (Lize Spit) - 2020
Novel "Ik ben er niet", page 333
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Spit, Lize
| ThereHere and ThenNow, | |
| enigma of dimensions -- | |
| TaiJi, TwoOneness. | |
| DaarHier en ToenNu, | DortHier, DamalsJetzt, |
| het raadsel van dimensies -- | Rätsel der Dimensionen -- |
| TaiJi, TweeEenheid. | TaiJi, ZweiEinheit. |
Amsterdam, 2023-03-19
Collection: Metamorphic body
| On a parachute | |
| can only make a journey -- | |
| in (familiar) time. | |
| Aan een parachute | An einem Fallschirm, |
| kan alleen maar op reis gaan -- | kann nur auf Reisen gehen -- |
| in (bekende) tijd. | in (bekannter) Zeit. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-16
I. Preludium (Tomas Tranströmer) - 1954
Comic strip #114 - "Heer Bommel en het nieuwe denken" (tiers 5689-5746), tier 5695
Thoughts are free
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Tranströmer, Tomas
| Life is short, don't waste | |
| any time and concentrate -- | |
| today on today. | |
| Het leven is kort, | Das Leben ist kurz, |
| verspil geen tijd en richt je -- | also konzentriere dich -- |
| vandaag op vandaag. | heute auf heute. |
Amsterdam, 2021-12-16
Collection: Bruises
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
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Games must be played |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-28
The star of everyone's consciousness: Omkar, the symbol of Om (the primal sound of the universe); the dot represents Samadhi (one consciousness)
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Dedicated to: Marije S
| Sitting in the grass | |
| for a while, looking around -- | |
| Being present here. | |
| Gewoon wat zitten | Ich sitze einfach |
| in het gras en rondkijken -- | im Gras und schaue mich um -- |
| Hier aanwezig zijn. | Ich bin anwesend. |
Amsterdam, 2018-11-04
Collection: Dearme
| The rain is icy, | |
| pricking needles in my neck: | |
| Are you alive? Well? | |
| De regen is koud | Der kalte Regen |
| en prikt naalden in mijn nek: | sticht mir Nadeln in den Hals: |
| Leef je? Besta je? | Lebst du? Bist du da? |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2018-09-16
Atlas shrugged (Ayn Rand) - 1957
Novel, part 1 Non-contradiction', chapter 9 'The sacred and the profane'
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Rand, Ayn
| Does it help to leave | |
| when you are dissatisfied? | |
| Live! In the present. | |
| Helpt het, weg te gaan | Hilft es, zu gehen, |
| als je ontevreden bent? | wenn man unzufrieden bist? |
| Leef! In het heden. | Lebe! Hier und jetzt. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2018-02-01
Aleph (Paulo Coelho) - 2010
Novel "O Aleph"
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Coelho, Paulo
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Less than two square meters |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-07
Collection: Migration
| Depicting the Now: | |
| vibrations of the breakers -- | |
| the wave of Being. | |
| Het Nu uitbeelden: | Das Jetzt darstellen: |
| vibraties van de branding -- | Vibrationen der Brandung -- |
| de golf van het Zijn. | die Welle des Seins. |
Amsterdam, 2016-11-21
Tom Puss and The Viridian-thing - 1968
Comic strip #124 - Tom Poes en De Viridiaan-dinges (tiers 6371-6427), tier 6372
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
| The world fell away | |
| when I fell down, but the ground -- | |
| remained and caught me. | |
| De wereld viel weg | Ich stürzte, die Welt |
| toen ik viel, maar de grond bleef -- | verschwand, aber der Boden -- |
| en hij ving mij op. | blieb und fing mich auf. |
Amsterdam, 2013-06-21
On March 4th, I fainted during the heart attack
Collection: Changing Times
| Along the canal | |
| a bike rattles through my dreams -- | |
| that slow down creaking. | |
| Op de gracht rammelt | An der Gracht rasselt |
| er een fiets door mijn dromen -- | ein Rad durch meine Träume -- |
| die krakend remmen. | die knarrend bremsen. |
Amsterdam, 2012-04-08
Collection: Mosaic virus
